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Similar to the new Intel IPU 7.5 firmware upstreamed for Panther Lake this week, Cirrus has upstreamed their CS42L45 codec firmware for upcoming Dell and Lenovo laptops making use of this audio codec. Ahead of Intel Panther Lake laptops officially beginning to ship next week, Cirrus today contributed their CS42L45 codec firmware to the upstream linux-firmware.git repository. This commit was for Lenovo laptops with the CS42L45 SDCA codec with SSIDs of 0x2352 and 0x2353. This commit added the CS42L45 SDCA codec firmware for the Dell laptop models. The commits don't elaborate on the specific Dell/Lenovo laptops with the CS42L45 codec but given the timing and some of the other search results, this is for upcoming Panther Lake laptop models. These firmware files are needed for audio support on these laptops. Dell's 2026 XPS 14 and XPS 16 laptop models are using the Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs. The XPS 14 launch configuration price is $1599 and the XPS 16 launch price is